linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thermal/core: Fix parameter check when setting trip point temperatures

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Message-ID: <0297ff96-0c68-6fa1-07e8-11ca316c817c@linaro.org>
Date:   Tue, 4 Oct 2022 19:30:10 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal/core: Fix parameter check when setting trip point
 temperatures


Hi Guenter,

this has been already fixed and the PR has been sent to Rafael:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thermal/linux.git/tag/?h=thermal-v6.1-rc1-2

Thanks for sending the fix anyway

   -- Daniel

On 04/10/2022 19:18, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Commit 9326167058e8a ("thermal/core: Move set_trip_temp ops to the sysfs
> code") changed the parameter check in trip_point_temp_store() from
> 
> 	if (!tz->ops->set_trip_temp)
> 
> to
> 	if (!tz->ops->set_trip_temp && !tz->trips)
> 
> That means the condition will pass if either tz->ops->set_trip_temp
> or tz->trips is not NULL. Subsequently, access to tz->trips is
> checked again, but tz->ops->set_trip_temp is called unconditionally.
> This will result in a crash if the set_trip_temp callback is not set.
> Add check if tz->ops->set_trip_temp is NULL before trying to call it.
> 
> Fixes: 9326167058e8a ("thermal/core: Move set_trip_temp ops to the sysfs code")
> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> ---
>   drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c | 8 +++++---
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
> index 78c5841bdfae..ec495c7dff03 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
> @@ -128,9 +128,11 @@ trip_point_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>   	if (kstrtoint(buf, 10, &temperature))
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
> -	ret = tz->ops->set_trip_temp(tz, trip, temperature);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> +	if (tz->ops->set_trip_temp) {
> +		ret = tz->ops->set_trip_temp(tz, trip, temperature);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +	}
>   
>   	if (tz->trips)
>   		tz->trips[trip].temperature = temperature;


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